{"id":7219,"date":"2023-06-16T21:53:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T04:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7219"},"modified":"2023-06-16T21:56:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T04:56:21","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-407","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/06\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-407","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 407"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a>     On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is vol\u00adume 407, which is the sum of the cubes of its dig\u00adits: 4<sup>3<\/sup> + 0<sup>3<\/sup> + 7<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/is-religion-good-for-your-health-921814a7?page=1\" target=\"_blank\">Is Reli\u00adgion Good for Your Health<\/a>? (David DeSteno, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cOngo\u00ading sur\u00adveys like these, as well as more tar\u00adget\u00aded stud\u00adies, show a strong link between reli\u00adgion and bet\u00adter phys\u00adi\u00adcal and men\u00adtal health. Of course, this doesn\u2019t mean that reli\u00adgion should be pre\u00adscribed as a med\u00adi\u00adcine, either in addi\u00adtion to or in place of oth\u00ader estab\u00adlished treat\u00adments. The choice to be spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly active is a per\u00adson\u00adal one, and reli\u00adgion is only one of many fac\u00adtors that affect health. Nonethe\u00adless, it\u2019s time for health sci\u00adences to take reli\u00adgion seri\u00adous\u00adly and con\u00adsid\u00ader what it offers the body and mind.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a psych prof at North\u00adeast\u00adern. In this essay he alludes to Tyler Van\u00adder\u00adWeele\u2019s research which I have spot\u00adlight\u00aded on many occa\u00adsions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=4_ijfh6JXY0&amp;feature=share8\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Dawkins\u2019 Ex-Right-Hand Man Comes to Christ!<\/a> (Liv\u00ading Waters, YouTube): fifty-five min\u00adutes long (near\u00adly an hour!). Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. The tes\u00adti\u00admo\u00adny itself kicks in at 37 min\u00adutes in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/08\/opinion\/affirmative-action-harvard-supreme-court-asian.html?unlocked_article_code=j_SUZJB1quNw82tdl5vfCLdBUmjjVtJoysKTSLrjmQ_yDdGxD5P_YOiNr1poVUFI0RuaskIjF1AO-gv9gDbv9VZo6uPIqu4u7F5-sTf81ePuVEtk3U77Zq16qXW4svNCM8PtmttCaxglVrgkqLxFrGcVuZ5T8v5rQfQxi7J1J1SH9nU1xF4nxX0kchUwwRndOCmuskJzuNzHnm3E8rf19_W1nX3zSFdgkVbacIALEzzpXaa2hRL6w6Tk4uauMaczOeWJ_M-gh9yACSM8ADYYeSDaS-IOFV4N2img497xJ5kSDQq8RU8lRKTPO_d0mK8BrIlnzwMJSppFgdsXdcoTzg_ZvipP1iggzQp63jJ_PMmlJs6bXgPC4w&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Jus\u00adtices Didn\u2019t Doom Affir\u00adma\u00adtive Action. Demog\u00adra\u00adphy Did.<\/a> (Christo\u00adpher Cald\u00adwell, New York Times): \u201cThe arrival of large num\u00adbers of immi\u00adgrants over the past half-cen\u00adtu\u00adry has upset the log\u00adic of affir\u00adma\u00adtive action in sev\u00ader\u00adal ways. For one thing, white Amer\u00adi\u00adcans no longer dom\u00adi\u00adnate the edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal sys\u00adtem. (They make up only 22 per\u00adcent of the Stan\u00adford class of 2026, for instance.) Ear\u00adly on, affir\u00adma\u00adtive action was also extend\u00aded to Lati\u00adnos, whose num\u00adbers con\u00adtin\u00adue to grow. In addi\u00adtion, African and Caribbean immi\u00adgrants and their chil\u00addren now account for more than 40 per\u00adcent of the Black enroll\u00adment in the Ivy League, which risks crowd\u00ading out the peo\u00adple that affir\u00adma\u00adtive action was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly intend\u00aded to help.\u201d&nbsp;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pay\u00adwall is unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/p\/should-women-preach-huge-majorities\" target=\"_blank\">Should Women Preach? Huge Majori\u00adties of Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Think They Should<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI don\u2019t know how many ways I can show this: the sup\u00adport for women preach\u00ading on Sun\u00adday morn\u00ading from behind the pul\u00adpit is strong among evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals. <strong>Even among those who say that the Bible is lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly true and attend church every week, 74% are in favor of women preach\u00ading.<\/strong>\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Empha\u00adsis in orig\u00adi\u00adnal. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/06\/university-statements-political-issues-abortion-princeton\/674390\/\" target=\"_blank\">Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties Shouldn\u2019t Be Ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Church\u00ades<\/a> (Robert P. George, The Atlantic): \u201cIf aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic units are per\u00admit\u00adted to make state\u00adments on polit\u00adi\u00adcal issues, then the fol\u00adlow\u00ading will be the case: When con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading a job or tenure can\u00addi\u00addate, vot\u00ading fac\u00adul\u00adty mem\u00adbers will antic\u00adi\u00adpate that he or she, if appoint\u00aded, will vote on future polit\u00adi\u00adcal state\u00adments. So they will per\u00adfect\u00adly rea\u00adson\u00adably want to know, and will take into account, the candidate\u2019s ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal lean\u00adings and polit\u00adi\u00adcal views and affil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtions in decid\u00ading whether to sup\u00adport or oppose the appoint\u00adment.\u2026 After all, vot\u00ading on polit\u00adi\u00adcal statements\u2014if depart\u00adments were to be autho\u00adrized to do so and chose to act on that authorization\u2014would be one of the things a fac\u00adul\u00adty mem\u00adber is, as a prac\u00adti\u00adcal mat\u00adter, hired to do.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rob\u00adbie George is a gem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I would post more con\u00adtent from The Atlantic but I don\u2019t have a sub\u00adscrip\u00adtion and their pay\u00adwall is pret\u00adty lim\u00adit\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2023\/06\/how-assisted-suicide-destroys-the-loved-ones-left-behind\" target=\"_blank\">How Assist\u00aded Sui\u00adcide Destroys the Loved Ones Left Behind<\/a> (Jonathon Van Maren, First Things): \u201cThe sim\u00adple, cen\u00adtral argu\u00adment of the sui\u00adcide activists is that the right to bod\u00adi\u00adly auton\u00ado\u00admy includes the right to sui\u00adcide, and that legal\u00adiza\u00adtion is nec\u00ades\u00adsary in order to reduce suf\u00adfer\u00ading in soci\u00adety. The real\u00adi\u00adty we see unfold\u00ading tells a very dif\u00adfer\u00adent sto\u00adry. Far from reduc\u00ading suf\u00adfer\u00ading, assist\u00aded sui\u00adcide has become the cat\u00ada\u00adlyst for spread\u00ading it. In many if not most cas\u00ades, a death by lethal injec\u00adtion trans\u00adfers tem\u00adpo\u00adral suf\u00adfer\u00ading to heart\u00adbro\u00adken loved ones who strug\u00adgle to process what has tak\u00aden place.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.experimental-history.com\/p\/the-illusion-of-moral-decline\" target=\"_blank\">The illu\u00adsion of moral decline<\/a> (Adam Mas\u00adtroian\u00adni, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026two well-known psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adna can com\u00adbine to pro\u00adduce an illu\u00adsion of moral decline.\u2026 Biased expo\u00adsure means that things always look out\u00adra\u00adgeous: mur\u00adder and arson and fraud, oh my! Biased mem\u00ado\u00adry means the out\u00adrages of yes\u00adter\u00adday don\u2019t seem so out\u00adra\u00adgeous today. When things always look bad today but brighter yes\u00adter\u00adday, con\u00adgrat\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions pal, you got your\u00adself an illu\u00adsion of moral decline. We call this mech\u00ada\u00adnism BEAM (Biased Expo\u00adsure and Mem\u00ado\u00adry), and it fits with some of our more sur\u00adpris\u00ading results.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/dance-2\" target=\"_blank\">Dance<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/jael-lists-her-camping-gear-as-gently-used\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jael Lists Her Camp\u00ading Gear As \u2018Gen\u00adtly Used\u2019<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/06\/11\" target=\"_blank\">Be Your\u00adself<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine): not fun\u00adny, just facts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reductress.com\/post\/all-are-welcome-here-says-sign-in-neighborhood-where-average-home-costs-2-million\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018All Are Wel\u00adcome Here,\u2019 Says Sign in Neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood Where Aver\u00adage Home Costs $2 Mil\u00adlion<\/a> (Reduc\u00adtress)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/06\/12\" target=\"_blank\">Fail\u00adure<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2023\/06\/12\/2\" target=\"_blank\">Trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion<\/a> (The Far Side)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/06\/14\" target=\"_blank\">Free Books<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/narrative\" target=\"_blank\">Nar\u00adra\u00adtive<\/a> (SMBC) \u2014 human nature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rainmaker1973\/status\/1669365724232515586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to crack eggs per\u00adfect\u00adly<\/a> (Twit\u00adter)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every week I\u2019ll high\u00adlight an old\u00ader link still worth your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This week we have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/influencemagazine.com\/en\/Practice\/What-Christian-Citizens-Owe-Government-Leaders\" target=\"_blank\">What Chris\u00adt\u00adian Cit\u00adi\u00adzens Owe Gov\u00adern\u00adment Lead\u00aders<\/a> (George P. Wood, Influ\u00adence Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cIn this new year, with a new pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion, let us renew our com\u00admit\u00adment to pray\u00ading for our gov\u00adern\u00adment offi\u00adcials, to shar\u00ading the gospel with them, to obey\u00ading the law and respect\u00ading the law\u00adgivers, and to hold\u00ading them account\u00adable while giv\u00ading them our good exam\u00adple! These are the basic duties of Chris\u00adt\u00adian cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship.\u201d This is an excel\u00adlent sum\u00adma\u00adry. Dis\u00adclaimer: the author is an acquain\u00adtance of mine. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-285\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 285<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it). And to the extent you can dis\u00adcern my opin\u00adions, please under\u00adstand that they are my own and not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly those of Chi Alpha or any oth\u00ader orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion I may be per\u00adceived to rep\u00adre\u00adsent.\n\nAlso, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about it.\n\nIf this was for\u00adward\u00aded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way. This is vol\u00adume 407, which is the sum of the cubes of its dig\u00adits: 43 + 03 + \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/06\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-407\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 407\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Links to inform and delight. 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